http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reepicheep
Reepicheep is a fictional character from C.S. Lewis’, Chronicles of Narnia series. He appears in Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and also in The Last Battle. He is a large, talking mouse who carries a rapier, and wears a red plume tucked in his golden circlet. He is an experienced warrior, utterly fearless, and faultlessly courteous, particularly to noble ladies. He is also pugnacious and quick to defend any affront to his honor.
Eddie Izzard voiced Reepicheep in the 2008 movie The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Simon Pegg took over the role for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
I woke up with “Reepicheep” stuck in my head a few days ago. I had an inkling I knew where it was from, but needed to be *absolutely sure*…
Clearly, I wasn’t not under the influence of alcohol. But I love Eddie Izzard, so maybe it was subliminal.
Also, peep these open tabs:
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller [Ed. Note: I have a Dell Laptop}
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/non_compos_mentis
Although typically used in law, this term can also be used metaphorically or figuratively; e.g. when one is in a confused state, intoxicated, or not of sound mind.
I should get this tattooed on my forehead. Cuts down on all the stupid crap people bother me with like “Why didn’t you call me back? I left you five voicemails! ” and “I’m sorry, this card was declined—would you like to try another? ” and “Hey, um…. do you know where that expensive bottle of beer that I was hiding in my closet went?” and “I think you might have ketchup on your pants… or that blood?” and “You look fun, wanna come back to my place?”
Actually, it probably would make the last one more frequent. And come to think of it, it likely won’t have any effect at all, because people are stupid.
And I, clearly, am not. I already knew what that meant.
In every element of genius, there is an element of madness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Tambor
A role Tambor began in 2009 is that of the recurring character Len Drexler in the sardonic comedy Archer, an animated television series on the FX network. He is a major love interest to Malory Archer played by Jessica Walter – the two formerly playing husband and wife in Arrested Development.
This is a retroactive post from the day after the 4th of July, but I archived these Firefox tabs because the whole package was just too good to forget. I have no idea why I was searching for him. I have no idea why I was searching for any of the stuff open on my browser when I woke up. Well, with the exception of Beer Advocate, because I’m nothing if not a well-researched drunk.
That said, I love Arrested Development, and Archer is a fucking rad show.
And the Gazpacho recipe sounds pretty delicious.
The Yahoo search for Lindsay Lohan is disturbing on a lot of levels, starting with the fact that it was a Yahoo search. As is the L.A. Bureau of Sanitation: Dead Animal Collection page.
Really, seriously disturbing.
Also open with the above:
http://www.wikihow.com/Apologize
If you have a difficult time making amends for mistakes or repairing the effects of angry words, here’s how to keep your dignity while being humble, and invite forgiveness with grace. If this person ever meant anything to you or had a major impact on your life, you should apologize. Consider bringing them flowers and tell them how much you really love them and that the thought of your not being together or friends just kills you. Alternatively you could prepare a candle-lite dinner to show how much you appreciate them.
Wikipedia does not have an article about tips and techniques of apologizing for royally fucking up. Fair enough. Google was helpful in that respect.
Though not helpful in helping me actually figure out how to make amends for being an idiot, an asshole, and a shameful excuse for a human being.
This was way beyond forgetting an anniversary… flowers and a candlelight dinner ain’t going to cut it.
#imfucked
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Freshmen
Welcome Freshmen is a television show that ran on Nickelodeon from 1991 to 1996. The show took place at Hawthorne High School with a group of high school students and a bumbling vice principal.
1991-1996? Wow. 15-20 years ago. I mean… no, I totally didn’t ever watch this. Not at all. I am not old.
NO I AM NOT CRYING I JUST HAVE DUST IN MY EYE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A8rriais
The latest census figures (2001) show that approximately 3% of the island’s population speak Jèrriais in their personal interactions, although research suggests that up to 15% of the population have some understanding of the language. The latest census figures also showed an increase in declarations of children speaking the language
Are these children called Jerrais Kids?
Awful. Just awful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_%28fastener%29
Ovals utilize the principles of Fracture Mechanics to allow nailing without splitting. Highly anisotropic materials like regular wood (as opposed to wood composites) can easily be wedged apart. Use of an oval perpendicular to the wood’s grain cuts the wood fibers rather than wedges tham apart, and thus allows fastening without splitting, even close to edges.
Well, this certainly wasn’t the information I was looking for. To be fair, I didn’t read the whole article because I mentally died about four lines into it.
I am good with follow-through.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_species_%28K%E2%80%93O%29
Image: Droopy McCool, a Kitonak
Some mornings I wake my body up, wake my brain up (sometimes unsuccessfully), wake my laptop up, and am delighted by a bizarre combination of open browser tabs left over from a night of solo drunkenness and internet access. This post is from one of those mornings. I’m initiating a new tag called “Morning-After Medleys” for posts like this, culled from my late-night webs of weirdness.
Also open with the above:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbutus
Haha. It sounds like “butt.”
Also: damn you, NY Times Sunday crosswords.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_transplant
Head transplantation inevitably involves decapitating the patient. Although it has been successfully performed using dogs, monkeys and rats, no human is known to have undergone the procedure.
Um, ok. Thank you, Google. I was actually searching for Dogfish Head Brewery, but this is… good enough?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk
When the wasp larva hatches, it rips a small hole in the spider’s abdomen, then plunges into the spider’s belly and feeds voraciously, avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep it fresh… Finally, the wasp becomes an adult, and tears open the spider’s belly to get out.
Tarantula wasps are also nectarivorous. The consumption of fermented fruit sometimes intoxicates them to the point that flight becomes difficult.
So the tarantula hawk is a bug that can kill a tarantula AND likes getting hammered? Badass.
That is, in theory. From afar. In practice… WHY THE FUCK WAS THIS IN MY BACKYARD AND NOW I AM TERRIFIED AND AM GOING TO HAVE NIGHT TERRORS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_pale_ale
Among the earliest known named brewers whose beers were exported to India was George Hodgson of the Bow Brewery, on the Middlesex-Essex border. Bow Brewery beers became popular among East India Company traders in the late 18th century because of the brewery’s location and Hodgson’s liberal credit line of 18 months.
It’s International IPA Day… Drink up!
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Google, how dare you imply that my blog has contracted ADULT SEXUAL AIDS.. I, its author, have been certified HIV-negative within the past 7 days. SLANDER!
OK, but to be fair… yeah.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_ton
One tonne is equivalent to:
- One megagram (exactly);
- megagram is the official SI term, but generally not used in industry or shipping, nor colloquially
- 1000⁄0.453 592 37 pounds (exactly by definition, giving approximately
- 2205 lb (to four significant digits)
- 98.42% of a long ton
- One long ton (2,240 lb) is 101.605% of a tonne
- 110.23% of a short ton
- One short ton (2,000 lb) is 90.72% of a tonne
Everybody got that? Good.
If your hungover brain looks at those numbers and wants to just go back to sleep, the main point is that a metric ton is bigger than the typical American idea of a ton. (AKA a “short” ton. A “long” ton is basically an outdated unit that was more used in the UK and other Commonwealth countries.)
A metric ton is more frequently known as a “tonne,” but those are homophones and thus are indistinguishable when speaking them aloud.
[Side note: I legitimately just typed “homophobes” instead and had to take a moment to figure out why it that looked wrong. The reasons* are irrelevant; I apologize to all units of measure, everywhere, for making such an untrue and pernicious implication against both the tonne and the ton, no matter the spelling.]
Anyway, the point of all this is to make sure that I’m correct in assuming that a “metric shit-ton of [drugs, alcohol, tacos, crap, etc.]” is in fact larger than a “shit-ton of [drugs, alcohol, tacos, crap, etc.].”
Because these are the types of things that really matter to me.
[Addendum: apologies for some technical difficulties* in getting this post up. All is up and running correctly now.]
*hangover
(Source: treehugger.com)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarket_Sweep
The “Big Sweep” was the chance for the teams to run throughout the aisles and to grab whatever they could off of the supermarket shelves.
The runner could bring their cart back to the team’s register at any time, at which point it was exchanged for an empty cart. Any items in the runner’s cart when the bell rang were included in their total.
The three main rules for the Big Sweep were:
- The teams could only take up to five of each item.
- Any items dropped and/or upset had to be returned to the shelf or in one’s cart, or incur a $25-per-item penalty. Teams were also penalized for running into supermarket displays, cameramen, or any other personnel.
- Only one member of each team could be in the store at a time; the other team member was required to remain at the checkout counter to unload the groceries.
This was the greatest game show of all time.
That is all.
(Go watch some YouTube clips and thank me later.)